Down Comes the Rain (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

Easy to read book about rain and where it comes from.

The water cycle can be a fun topic to teach your children in class. This is a great way to start the lesson in a classroom. It discusses the water cycle, and how water isn't gone even after the sun dries up puddles after the rain. I think the children will enjoy this book, as I did!

This book gives a very detailed description about why it rains, with colorful interesting illustration's.

I actually learned some new information about rain and water vapor from reading this informational book on rain. The first reason I liked this book is because there were speech bubbles on every page that put the information into kid-friendly terms and used a relatable example. The four children in

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the book were depicted as saying these speech bubbles. For example, when the text discussed how water vapor condenses and can be seen, the illustrations showed a girl in snowshoes breathing out a cloud of cold air and explaining why her breath could be seen while outside in the cold snow. This makes it relatable to children because most children have been outside in the winter and been able to blow out air and see it form a white cloud. Another example of helpful speech bubbles in the text shows a boy saying that some clouds which hold water go even higher in the air than airplanes can go, which gives children a relatable example to help their understanding of the topic. A second reason I enjoyed this book is because the author kept the language simple so the reader could get the best understanding of the somewhat complex topic of rain. There were very few complex sentences, which helps the young reader because they only receive one interesting fact per sentence. For example, the sentences on one page read: “Sometimes the drops in the cloud freeze. These raindrops become ice drops. This can happen even on a hot summer day.” The sentence set up and language makes the topic easier to understand for the targeted audience. The big idea of this book was learning about why it rains and how the rain and water vapor travels to and from Earth.

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I like this book because of the illustrations and text features. I think the illustrations enhance the story because they are engaging and appropriate in the way that they closely relate to the text on each page. The use of text features also enhances the story and makes each page more engaging for

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the reader. The regular text as well as the extra text bubbles keep the readers eye wandering around the page and keeps them focused on the given page. The colors are vibrant and the illustrator uses underling, bold, and arrow variations to depict certain images on the page. For example, one page talks about condensation and uses the example of a cup of ice. Two people are depicted on the page standing next to a tall glass of water. Surrounding the water are red arrows pointing to the condensation on the glass. This helps relate the text on the page to a well-detailed picture that is presented on the page. I think the main idea of the text is to inform the reader on the different forms of water such as rain, water vapor and more. I think the main focus is to be an informative text.

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“Down Comes the Rain” is a scientific text that follows the cycle of how rain happens. It covers evaporation, water vapor, condensation, and different types of precipitation. The main idea of this story is to teach children these concepts and how they occur. One way the author does this is

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through diagrams. There are several easy to follow diagrams with accompanying text that show the processes of these occurrences. The author even includes a illustration to show the reader the exact size of a water droplet to further their comprehension. Another way the author helps the reader understand his message is by comparing these new terms and occurrences to events they may be familiar with. For example, after he was finished explaining water vapor and evaporation he compared them to a tea kettle and clothes drying on a clothesline outside. I found this book to be one of the most fun informational books I have read. One reason for this is the illustrations and text. The book includes pictures that are both fun and functional. At first glance the picture may seem like a normal picture from a picture book but when the reader looks closer each picture includes some sort of diagram or detail to help with comprehension. Also, much of the story is told through talking bubbles that the characters in the pictures are saying. Finally, some of the fonts change to represent the words. For example, black font for the word dark, thick font for the word thick, thin font for the word thin and so on. This is a interesting book that covers some of natures phenomena in a very fun but functional way.

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